Cosmos (2015 film)

Cosmos is a 2015 French-Portuguese film directed by Andrzej Żuławski. It tells the story of two friends who spend time at a countryside guesthouse where they discover mysterious and frightening signs. The film is based on the novel Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz. The filmmakers label it as a "metaphysical noir thriller".

The film premiered in competition at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Direction.

Cast

Production

Cosmos was Andrzej Żuławski's first film in 15 years. It was produced through Paulo Branco's Alfama Films in collaboration with the Portuguese company Leopardo Filmes. Principal photography took place from mid-November to late December 2014.

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Cosmos (Lou Donaldson album)

Cosmos is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label featuring Donaldson with Ed Williams, Leon Spencer, Melvin Sparks, Jerry Jemmott, Idris Muhammad, and Ray Armando, with vocals by Mildred Brown, Rosalyn Brown, and Naomi Thomas, arranged by Jimmy Briggs.

The album was awarded 1 star in an Allmusic review.

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Personnel

Kosmos (Antic Cafe song)

"Cosmos" (孤妄 〜コスモス〜, こすもす Kosumosu) is a Japanese-language song, and the third single, by Japanese band Antic Cafe. The song peaked at No. 91 on the Japanese singles chart. The two Japanese characters are pronounced kosumosu (こすもす).

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References

Tears

Tearing (/ˈtiərɪŋ/), lacrimation, or lachrymation, (from Latin lacrima, meaning "tear") is the secretion of tears, which often serves to clean and lubricate the eyes in response to an irritation of the eyes. Tears formed through crying are associated with strong internal emotions, such as sorrow, elation, emotion, love, awe or pleasure. Laughing or yawning may also lead to the production of tears.

Physiology

In humans, the tear film coating the eye, known as the precorneal film, has three distinct layers, from the most outer surface:

Having a thin tear film may prevent one's ability to wear contact lenses, as the amount of oxygen needed is higher than normal, and contact lenses stop oxygen from entering the eye. Eyes with thin tear film will dry out while wearing contact lenses. Special eye drops are available for contact lens wearers. Certain types of contact lenses are designed to let more oxygen through to the eye.

Drainage of tear film

The lacrimal glands secrete lacrimal fluid, which flows through the main excretory ducts into the space between the eyeball and lids. When the eyes blink, the lacrimal fluid is spread across the surface of the eye. Lacrimal fluid gathers in the lacrimal lake, and is drawn into the puncta by capillary action, then flows through the lacrimal canaliculi at the inner corner of the eyelids entering the lacrimal sac, then on to the nasolacrimal duct, and finally into the nasal cavity. An excess of tears, as with strong emotion, can thus cause the nose to run.

Instant Pleasure (album)

Instant Pleasure is Rockell's second album, released on October 10, 2000 on Robbins Entertainment. It is more pop oriented than her debut and was mostly produced by Tony Moran and Hex Hector. The album features the hit singles "What U Did 2 Me", "Tears" and "The Dance".

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Chart positions

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Tears (X Japan song)

"Tears" is the ninth single by the Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, released on November 10, 1993.

Overview

It is the band's first single to be released under the name X Japan and the first to feature Heath on bass. The ballad was written and composed solely by Yoshiki about the death of his father, but he co-credited it to the alias Hitomi Shiratori (白鳥瞳) because he was concerned how fans would react to a softer song from the band. It would later appear on the album Dahlia and the soundtrack for the South Korean film Windstruck. The song was also used as the theme song for the Japanese TV drama Nikushimi ni Hohoende.

The B-side is the lyric-less classical version of the song, which was previously on Yoshiki's solo album Eternal Melody. It was produced, arranged and conducted by famed music producer George Martin and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

A live performance of "Tears" was included as the B-side to their 1996 single "Dahlia". Yoshiki's MySpace currently streams a different version of the song entitled "Tears (Unreleased Version)".